Improvement in rein-holders



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL GAIN, OF NEVERSINK, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,970., dated J one29, 1875; application filed September 23, 187 4.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL GAIN, of Neversink, county of Sullivan and State of New York, have inventedcertain Improvements in Rein-Holders.

The following description, taken in connection with the accompanyingplate of drawings hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exactspecification, wherein are set forth the nature and principles of theinvention, by which the same may be distinguished from others of asimilar class, together with such parts thereof as are claimed as newand are desired to be secured by Letters Patent oftheUnited States.

My invention relates to that class of appliances commonly known asrein-holders and the nature thereof consists in certain improvements inthe construction of the same, and novel combinations of the partsthereof, hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying plate of drawings, in which corresponding parts areillustrated by similar letters, Figure 1 is a perspective view,illustrating the fastener firmly secured to the dash-board of a vehicle.Fig. 2 illustrates in detail the spring.

The fastener is constructed of malleable iron, and may be ornamented orplated to suit the taste of the manufacturer. It is provided with platesat, intersecting at the point b, and secured to the dash-board of avehicle by the screw and nut 0 upon the end of a bolt which passestransversely through the said plates, the opening between the platesbe-- ing of sufficient width to allow the dashboard to be insertedbetween them. Above the point of intersect-ion of the plate a are thejaws d, having curvilinear and polpted ends. Between these jaws atongue-piece, g, is so pivoted as to be capable of a slight vibratorymovement, in order to allow the reins to be inserted between the sameand the jaws d. The said tongue piece is held in position by the springh attached to the fastener.

The operation of the device is automatic and simple. The driver merelydrops the reins over the pointed end of the tongue in such a manner thatone rein shall fall on one side thereof, and one on the other, and theelastic force of the spring holdsthem firmly between the tongue and thejaws.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent As an improvement upon thepatent gran ted to J. J. Robinson March 31, 1871, the combination of theplates (1, screw-bolt c, jaws d, tongue -piece 9, and spring h, all tooperate as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of July, 1874.

MICHAEL CAIN.

Witnesses:

JAMES GAIN, HIRAZVI LAWRENCE.

